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March 5, 1963
N. .1. SMITH
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LURE LIGHT
Filed July 24, 1961
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the material also has the property of being an electrical
insulator. A socket 2.6 is integrally mounted at the lower
end of housing 24 and is ?anged outwardly therefrom for
receiving transparent receptacle 12. Lugs 28 are mounted
on the inside of socket 26. Receptacle 12 is provided
with angled recesses 39 which cooperate with lugs 28 of
the socket to secure the receptacle into the socket by in
LURE LIGHT
Newman J. Smith, Columbia, S.C., assignor of one-half
to Jack Diamond, Washington, 11C.
Filed July 24, 1961, Ser. No. 126,330
1 Ciaim. (Cl. 43-175)
The present invention relates generally to illuminated
?shing lures employing live bait, and more particularly
sertion and rotation in a well known manner.
{referring to FIGURES 3, 4 and 5, the housing 24
to a ?shing lure including a water tight lamp unit, to which 10 is also provided with a screw thread 32 at its upper end
is detachably secured a transparent enclosure for live
to receive a cap 34 of the rotating screw type. Integral
bait, the enclosure being fully illuminated by the lamp
with cap 34 is a ring member 36 for receiving a support
and having openings to permit circulation of fresh water.
ing line. The inside periphery of cap 34 has a gasket
it is well known that many types of sea animals are
33 so that when cap 34 is rota-ted into housing 24, a
attracted to light, from a great distance. Small swim 15 watertight ?t is provided therewith in a well known man
ming creatures such as minnows or shrimp are commonly
used as live bait, by con?ning them in a lighted area, to
attract larger ?sh. An example of a ?shing lure using
minnows as live bait is shown in the patent to L. K.
Bair, 2,898,698, issued on August ll, 1959.
The present invention is an improvement for use in
?shing lures, having a simple and unique construction
which enables the con?nement in a transparent receptacle
of only those swimming creatures which are to serve as
live bait and excluding ?sh of a size larger than the live
bait.
An object and feature of the present invention is an
improved ?shing lure which includes a lamp housing
ner.
Socket 25 is ?anged outwardly from housing 2.4. A
?ange portion of socket 26 is indicated at 46 and extends
inwardly of the walls of housing 24 to form a shoulder
20 42 therein.
Bonded or welded to the faces of shoulder
42 is a transparent member 44 preferably of hard plastic,
which forms a water tight joint therewith. Also secured
to the shoulder 42, preferably by bonding or welding, is
a re?ector 45. A lamp 48 of conventional construction
' is supported by the reflector 46. Lamp 48 has a contact
Sit at its base. Re?ector 46 may be suitably located in
housing 24 by spacers 52 mounted at intervals on the
inside of the housing 24 as shown in FIGURE 5. A 6
unit of general utility, which may function also to illun '—
volt DC. battery 54 is supported at its positive terminal
nate a transparent receptacle tor con?ning live bait.
30 55 by the base of the lamp 48. To support the battery
Another object and feature of the invention resides in
54 at its other end, cap 34 is provided with a tapered
constructional features of a transparent receptacle in a
compression spring 55 of conventional design secured to
?shing lure, which enables the continuous replenishment
the cap by screws 58 and 60. Additional spacers 62
of water for live bait con?ned in the receptacle.
tounted inside the housing 24 may be provided for tight
Yet another object and feature of the invention is the 35 ?t of the battery 54».
provision of a transparent receptacle in a ?shing lure,
The electrical circuit for lamp 4% will now be explained
which, when lifted out of water, retains sui?cient water
in conjunction with FIGURES 3, 4, 5 and 7. DC. bat
therein to support the lives or" the live bait therein.
tery 54> is provided with a negative terminal at 64-. The
The above and still further obiects, features and ad
cap 34 has a contact switch 66 in the underside thereof
vantages of the present invention will become apparent 40 as shown in FIGURE 4. As best seen in FIGURE 5
upon consideration of the following detailed description
housing 245 has a pair of spaced contacts 68 and 70 on
of one speci?c embodiment thereof, especially when taken
an insulated base 72 mounted in the inside periphery of
in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, where
housing 24-. Contact 63 is connected to negative termi
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nal 64 by lead 74, and contact 7%‘ is connected to the base
FEGURE 1 is a view in elevation of a ?shing lure ac
of lamp 43 by a lead 76. The above connections and
cording to the invention;
contacts form an electrical circuit as shown in the sche
FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of the ?shing lure of
matic diagram of FIGURE 7, the reference numerals
FIGURE 1 taken on line 2-4.;
therein referring to the same elements as in FIGURES
FEGURE 3 is a longitudinal section of the ?shing lure
50 3, 4 ‘and 5. When cap 34 is rotated so that it is fully
of FIGURE 1 along lines 3—3 of FIGURE 1;
tightened in threads 32 of housing 24, contact switch 66
FIGURES 4 and 5 are views in sections of the ?shing
covers contacts 63 and ‘7% to form an electrical current
lure of FIGURE 3;
FIGURE 6 is an illustration of ‘the ?shing lure accord
ing to the invention when in use;
conduction path therebetween, thus closing the circuit as
indicated in dotted lines in FlGURE 7. When the cir
cuit is closed, current flows from the battery 54 through
FIGURE 7 is a schematic circuit diagram of a lamp 55 contacts 55 and Si} through the ?lament in lamp 48 to
circuit for the ?shing lures.
Employing the same reference numerals for like parts
throughout ‘the drawings, and referring to FEGURES 1
the base of the lamp and through lead 76, contact 7%,
contact switch es, contact 68, and lead 74 to the nega
tive terminal 64 of the battery.
and 2, a ?shing lure is shown at is and includes a trans
Referring to FIGURE 6, the ?shing lure 16 according
parent receptacle 12 made of a hard, transparent plastic 60 to the invention is shown when in use to assist in the
or glass and a lamp unit 1%. The transparent receptacle
12 may be of any suitable shape and is shown preferably
in the form of a tube having a wall 16 closed at its lower
end 13 and open at its upper end 2%. The receptacle 12
has a plurality of spaced holes 22 in wall 16 near the
upper end 28 thereof to enable the free passage of water
into and out of the receptacle. The holes 22. are suffi
ciently small in size to prevent creatures used as live bait
from passing therethrough.
catching of ?sh. Live bait such as minnows 78 are shown
inside the transparent receptacle 12. A line ('20 from a
cork 32 ?oating on the water surface is provided to sus
pend ?shing lure 10 at a suitable depth. An adjusting
line 84 attached to cork 82 is provided so that a ?sher
man may adjust or hold the ?shing lure 1G in a suitable
position relative to a ?sherman.
In operation, the transparent receptacle 12 is detached
70 from the lamp unit 14 and is ?lled with live bait such
The lamp unit 14 has a housing 24 made of hard
as minnows. The receptacle 12 is then secured to socket
watertight material such as hard plastic or rubber, and
26 by insertion and rotation. The cap 34- is rotated so
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that housing 24 is watertight and the lamp 4-8 is illumi
at said lower end, a lamp positioned above said trans
parent surface for illuminating the bait in said receptacle,
a reflector for directing light emanating from said lamp
nated. The ?shing ‘lure '10 is then lowered into the water
in a convenient manner by line 80, and if desired a cork
82 with an adjusting line 84 attached thereto may be
used to adjust or hold the position of the ?shing lure It)‘.
If desired, instead of using the transparent receptacle,
into said receptacle, a battery and a switch connected in
series circuit with said lamp, a removable, electrically
insulating cover at the upper end of said housing, said
cover including means for receiving a vertically extend
the lamp unit '14 alone may be lowered into the water in
ing supporting line, said axes being maintained in the
the same manner. It will be appreciated that the lamp
vertical plane when said line is connected to said means
unit 14 is always oriented in water so that the lamp il
luminates an area downwardly and radially outwardly. 10 for receiving the line, the interior of said cover includ
ing a ?rst contact of said switch, a second contact of said
This is particularly advantageous in that the?sh attracted
switch being mounted at the upper end of said housing
to the light will not observe any background behind the
and being selectively positioned to engage said ?rst con
lamp unit.
tact, said receptacle including a plurality of slotsvparallel
When the ?shing lure 10 is lifted from the water, water
is retained in the transparent receptacle below the level 15 to ‘said axes only at its upper end, said slots being nar
rower than the cross section of the bait to prevent escape
of holes 22. Thus the life of the live bait therein may be
of the bait from the receptacle.
maintained for a considerable period of time in the trans
parent receptacle itself.
Having fully described my invention, I claim:
A ?shing lure for holding live bait, comprising a trans 20
parent receptacle having a longitudinal axis, said recepta~
cle holding the live bait, a water-tight, electrically insulat
inghou-sing having a longitudinal axis, said housing being
removably secured at its lower end to the upper end of
said receptacle, the longitudinal axes of said housing and
receptacle being aligned when they are secured to each
other, said housing including; a light transparent surface
References Cited in the ?le of this patent
UNITED STATES PATENTS
v373,333
Brosch _________ ___-_.___ Nov. 15, 1887
2,314,521
2,898,698
Schwartz ____________ __ Mar. 23, 1943
Bair _______________ ____ Aug. 11,1959
2,908,993
Webb et a1. __________ __ Oct. 20, 1959
29,4371
Great Britain ________________ __ 1904
FOREIGN PATENTS